Texas gains four seats as U.S. population up 9.7%

Texas will add four seats in the House of Representatives as the U.S. Census Bureau reveals that the nation’s population grew at the slowest pace since the Great Depression. See full story.

TD Bank to buy Chrysler Financial for $6.3 billion

The deal marks the second major U.S. financial-services acquisition by a Canadian bank in a week. See full story.

Blackstone ups the ante for M&A

It may not be a return to the go-go mid-2000s, but the downtrodden private equity industry is making noise in the financial markets, writes David Weidner. See full story.

Three holiday indicators to bring you cheer

After the popular Hemline Index was exposed as an old-fashioned myth, here’s a closer look at a trio of well-known but misunderstood holiday indicators: The Santa Claus Rally, the January Effect, and the January Barometer. See full story.

U.S. stocks rise on corporate deals

U.S. stocks gain, with the Standard & Poor’s 500 up for a fourth consecutive session, as acquisitions support sentiment. See full story.

Insiders — company officers, directors and largest shareholders — presumably know more about their firms’ prospects than do the rest of us. And right now they are selling their companies’ shares at a pace last seen in early 2007. See full story.

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